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J. B} SHARP.

SUSPENDER ,TRIMMING. No. 303,191. Patented Aug. 5, 1,884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. SHARP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,191, dated August 1884.

Application filed May 8, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. SHARP, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Trimmings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a buckle or equivalent device, which is provided with a cast-off hook of novel and peculiar construction, as pointed out in the following specification and claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view. Fig. 2is a rear view. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the plane .50 ac, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In these drawings, the letter A designates the haseplate of my trimming, and on this base'plate is mounted the buckle B or' any other equivalent device, such as in common use, for adjusting the straps of suspenders. The lower end of this base-plate is formed into a hook, C, and in the body of said base-plate is formed a tongue, D, which extends in the same direction as the hook. The end of the hook is turned slightly outward, (see Fig. 3,) while themiddle portion of the tongue D is curved upward, so as to leave a narrow channel, a, between it and the hook. By the peculiar form of the hook and of the tongue the channel a is tapering outwardly and inwardly from its narrowest portion, so that the ring E,

which carries the suspenderends, can be read- (No model.)

hand, forwhenevcrsaid ring is forced in either of the tapering portions of the channel a the tongue D yields. If the ring has once been introduced into the hook, it is not liable to become detached spontaneously; but it can readily be detached or cast off by forcing the ring upward with sufficient power to cause the tongue to yield. I am aware that suspender-trinnnings have been made with a hook and a protecting- 4 tongue; but, in order to cast off the suspenderends from such trimmings, two hands are required-one to force back the tongue and the other to unhook the ring.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure 5 by Letters Patent, is-

Asuspender-trimming consisting of abaseplate, the device for adjusting the suspenderstraps supported by the base-plate, and the hook O and tongue D, struck from and bent to form the channel a, tapering from its narrowest portion in both directions, the, hook and tongue operating to hold the ring against disconnecting from the plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES B. SHARP. [L. s.]

' \Vitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

ily slipped in and also forced out with one 5 

